Excursion Song (Benjamin Hanby)

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• (Posted 2023-10-24)  CPDL #76592:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-24).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 423 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Excursion Song
Composer: Benjamin Hanby
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1867 Root & Cady
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English text

Ho! ho! ho!
Out to the beautiful groves we go;
This is our holiday now, you know;
Sweet shall our melodies float and flow,
Out on the balmy air:
Bear them, ye breezes that gently blow,
Scatter them everywhere.

Sing! sing! sing!
Heaven shall smile at the praise we bring;
Forest and meadow with music ring,
Echo the cadences gracefully fling,
Out on the balmy air:
Bear them aloft on her silvery wing,
Scatter them everywhere.

Play! play! play!
Run, oh, ye happy ones while ye may;
Roam thro’ the forests at will today,
Pouring your shouts and your laughter gay,
Out on the balmy air:
Sylvia beckons, oh speed away,
Scatter them everywhere.